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JAMES MADISON
“The Constitution of the United States is a Constitution of limitations and checks. The powers given up by the people for the purposes of Government, had been divided into two great classes. One of these formed the State Governments; the other, the Federal Government.”
- James Madison, House of Representatives discussion, 1796
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Madison Portrait
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